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Standing around a cauldron, Lyon and Erebus were thinking about what “magical concoction” they were going to make today. They’ve already conjured many before; from a drink to soothe one’s anxiety, to a pill that would let you see better. But they were running out of ideas to do. That was until, Lyon had something come into her mind.
“Hey… I wonder what happens if I put powdered milk into carbonated water?” she wondered.
“Hmm… wouldn’t hurt to try,” Erebus concurred. “I’m also curious to see if anything would happen if you added cereal into it, as well.”
“Only one way to find out!”
One shopping trip later…
“So what are you two making?” Guichen asked, tagging along them after seeing their grocery bag.
“We’re conducting an experiment to see the effects of mixing powdered milk and carbonated water,” Lyon explained, pouring in a little bit of cereal into the cauldron.
“But why?”
“Curiosity,” she retorted, now adding in the powdered milk and stirring it with the cereal. “Erebus, is the carbonated water ready?”
“It is,” she confirmed, handing her a container of the water.
As soon as she started to pour the water, a horrendous sizzling sound emitted out of the cauldron, followed by furious bubbling noises.
“My cereal is loud and it’s demanding to know why I would sin against both nature and God so thoughtlessly!” Lyon cried out to the heavens; more out of wanting to be heard over the cauldron.
“… How does it taste?” Erebus asked.
Taking a ladle from nearby, the purple-haired witch scooped up some of the concoction and tasted it.
“Bad!” she confirmed.
Pondering on the “milk’s” reaction, Guichen concluded that, “The fizz comes from carbonic acid in the water splitting up into CO2 and H2O over time, and carbonic acid is - as an acid - sour. By adding milk to sour water, you’ve created a very convincing emulation of spoiled milk; so I’ll believe in a heartbeat that the taste is Not Great™.”
“I have mastered the potion: Instant Spoiled Milk; therefore, earning the rank of: Shitiest Alchemist Currently Alive!” Lyon reasoned, finding some solace from this experiment. “Ryza would be so proud…”
“Would she?”